Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 2561
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 2561
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
§ 2561. Appeal by creditor, devisee, legatee or heir
When an executor or administrator declines to appeal from the decision of the commissioners, a person interested in the estate as creditor, devisee, legatee, or heir may appeal from such decision as the executor or administrator might have done. (Amended 1959, No. 261, § 56; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 60, eff. March 29, 1972.)